Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy are pleased to release Breaking the Silence: Bahraini Women Political Prisoners Expose Systemic Abuses, which examines the cases of nine former and current women political prisoners in Bahrain from the moment of their arrest through their interrogation, trial,[…]
13
Mar
Mar
**Update 13 March 2019 – A tweet from Loujain Al-Hathloul’s brother has indicated that her case has been transferred from the Specialized Criminal Court to the Criminal Court for trial. Members of the Free Saudi Women Coalition – including Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) – have been advocating for the immediate[…]
08
Mar
Mar
On International Women’s Day, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) highlights brave women human rights defenders and women who have been unjustly subjected to human rights violations and imprisonment in the Gulf. Zahra Salman Hasan Zahra Salman Hasan (Zahra Al-Shaikh) is a Bahraini human rights defender and mother. She played a role[…]
11
Jan
Jan
Throughout October 2018, United Nations (UN) Special Procedures sent three separate joint communications to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expressing concerns over a myriad of human rights violations, ranging from the targeting of human rights defenders to extrajudicial executions for protest-related offenses committed by minors to arbitrary arrests and detentions. This blog series highlights these[…]
06
Sep
Sep
Ahead of the 39th session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council in Geneva, beginning on Monday 10 September, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted a written statement for the record raising concerns about Saudi Arabia’s continued targeting and detention of women human rights defenders. Continue reading for the text of[…]
